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29		-	BILL NO. 2606 By: Harris of the House
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	33	+	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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	35	+	HOUSE BILL 2606 By: Harris of the House
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	45	+	AS INTRODUCED
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40		-	[ domestic violence - District Attorneys Council -
41		-	domestic violence forensic exam pilot program -
42		-	counties - Domestic Violence Examination Fund -
43		-	Crime Victims Compensation Board – claims -
44		-	Legislature – contracts – documents - acts –
45		-	codification - effective date ]
	47	+	An Act relating to domestic violence; directing the
	48	+	District Attorneys Council to develop and implement a
	49	+	domestic violence forensic exam pilot program;
	50	+	stating purpose of pilot program; authorizing certain
	51	+	counties to participate in pilot program;
	52	+	establishing the Domestic Violence Examination Fund;
	53	+	stating purpose of fund; defining terms; directing
	54	+	the Crime Victims Compensation Board to establish
	55	+	procedures for disbursing funds; providing
	56	+	limitations on amounts di sbursed; stating
	57	+	requirements for claims; authorizing the District
	58	+	Attorneys Council to tr ansfer funds; authorizing the
	59	+	Legislature to appropriate money to the Domestic
	60	+	Violence Examination Fund; authorizing the Council to
	61	+	make contracts, execute documents, or perform acts to
	62	+	carry out the pilot program; providing for
	63	+	codification; and providin g an effective date.
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50	69		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
51	70		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
52	71		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 421.21 of Title 21, unless there
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54		-	A. Contingent upon the availability of funds, the District
55		-	Attorneys Council shall develop and implement a five -year Domestic
56		-	Violence Forensic Exam Pilot Program. The purpose of the Domestic
57		-	Violence Forensic Exam Pilot Program shall be to provide counties
58		-	with qualified licensed health care professionals who shall conduct
59		-	domestic violence forensic exams for victims of domestic violence
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86		-	assault. In conjunction with the Domestic Violence Forensic Exam
87		-	Pilot Program, a Domestic Violence Examination Fund shall be
88		-	established in each participating county for the purpose of
89		-	providing to a victim of domestic violence assault, a forensic
90		-	medical examination by a qualified licensed health care
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	100	+	A. Contingent upon the availability of funds, the D istrict
	101	+	Attorneys Council shall develop and implement a five -year Domestic
	102	+	Violence Forensic Exam Pilot Program. The purpose of the Domestic
	103	+	Violence Forensic Exam Pil ot Program shall be to provide counties
	104	+	with qualified licensed health care professional s who shall conduct
	105	+	domestic violence forensic exams for victims of domestic v iolence
	106	+	assault. Counties with a population of more than one hundred
	107	+	thousand (100,000) a ccording to the latest Federal Decennial Census
	108	+	may participate in the pilot program. I n conjunction with the
	109	+	Domestic Violence Forensic Exam Pilot Program, a Domestic Violence
	110	+	Examination Fund shall be established in each participating county
	111	+	for the purpose of providing to a victim of domestic violence
	112	+	assault, a forensic medical examinati on by a qualified licensed
	113	+	health care professional.
92	114		B. As used in this secti on:
93	115		1. "Domestic violence" means any act of physical harm or the
94	116		threat of imminent physi cal harm which is committed by an adult,
95	117		emancipated minor, or minor child thirteen (13) years of age or
96	118		older against another adult, emancipated minor, or minor child who
97	119		is currently or was previously an intimate partner or family or
98	120		household member;
99	121		2. "Intimate partner" means:
100	122		a. current or former spouses,
101	123		b. persons who are in a dating relationship,
102		-	c. persons who are the biological parents of the same
103		-	child, regardless of marital status or whether they
104		-	have lived together at any time, and
105		-	d. persons who currently or formerly lived together in an
106		-	intimate way, primarily characteriz ed by affectionate
107		-	or sexual involvement. A sexual relationship may be
108		-	an indicator that a person is an intimate partner, but
109		-	is never a necessary condition;
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136		-	3. "Household member" means:
	151	+	c. persons who are the biological parents of the same
	152	+	child, regardless of marital status or whether they
	153	+	have lived together at any time, and
	154	+	d. persons who currently or formerly lived together in an
	155	+	intimate way, primarily characterized by affectionate
	156	+	or sexual involvement. A sexual relationship may be
	157	+	an indicator that a person is an intimate partner, but
	158	+	is never a necessary condition;
	159	+	3. "Living in the same household" means:
137	160		a. persons who regularly reside in the same single -
138	161		dwelling unit,
139	162		b. persons who resided in the same single -dwelling unit
140	163		within the past year, or
141	164		c. persons who have individual lease agreements whereby
142	165		each person has his or he r own private bedroom and
143	166		shares common areas; and
144	167		4. "Qualified licensed health care p rofessional" means a
145	168		physician, registered nurse, or other licensed health care
146	169		professional qualified by completion of a forty -hour didactic
147	170		domestic violence examiner s course, as well as successful completion
148	171		of clinical competence.
149	172		C. The Crime Victims Compensation Board shall establish the
150	173		procedures for disbursement of the Dom estic Violence Examination
151	174		Fund, but in no event shall the Crime Victims Compensation Boar d pay
152		-	an amount to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for a domestic
153		-	violence forensic exam. Such payments shall not exceed the amounts
154		-	specified by this subsection regardless of the amount of any
155		-	individual bills comprising the claim. Payments shall be made only
156		-	upon claims signed by the victim or guardian and qualified licensed
157		-	health care professional.
158		-	D. The District Attorneys Council is hereby authorized to
159		-	transfer funds, as specified in the appropriations bill annually,
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	202	+	an amount to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for a domestic
	203	+	violence forensic exam. Such payments shall not exceed the amounts
	204	+	specified by this subsection regardless of the amount of any
	205	+	individual bills comprising the claim. Payments shall b e made only
	206	+	upon claims signed by the victim or guardian and qualified licensed
	207	+	health care professional.
	208	+	D. The District Attorneys Council is hereby authorized to
	209	+	transfer funds, as specified in the appropriations bill annually,
186	210		from the Crime Victims Co mpensation Fund to the Domestic Violence
187	211		Examination Fund for the payment of domestic vi olence forensic
188	212		exams, pursuant to this section.
189	213		E. The District Attorneys Council shall have the authority to
190	214		make any contract, execute any document, or perform any act in order
191	215		to carry out the Domestic Violence Forensic Exam Pilot Program.
192	216		F. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Legislature from
193	217		appropriating funds to the Domestic Violence Examination Fund for
194	218		the payment of domestic violence forensic examinat ions.
195		-	G. Counties with a population of more than three hundred
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197		-	may participate in the pilot program. Subject to available funding,
198		-	the Crime Victims Compensation Board is authorized to allow counties
199		-	with a population of less than three hundred thousand (300,000)
200		-	according to the latest Federal Decennial Census to participate in
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202	219		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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229		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 26th day of March, 2025.
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239		-	Passed the Senate the ___ day of ___________, 2025.
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	221	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY
	222	+	OVERSIGHT, dated 03/06/2025 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.